Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wild form of
Viola tricolor , the pansy. Also calledkisses .
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Examples
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ANTHONY EDWARDS, ACTOR: The fact that these women are having voices and (inaudible), it is a kiss-me great hope for the possibility of what -- what Africa can become.
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Blossoms opened, flamboyance on firethorn trees, steelflowers rising blue from the brok and rainplant that cloaked all hills, shy whiteness of kiss-me - never down in the dales.
The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973
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Marie and her "spy" had discovered the cause, just sixteen brief days after Olly had penned that remarkable letter, with a benediction and a "kiss-me" lozenge at the end, Mrs. Hazard and her maid, Esther Doerner, hied them down and across town until they reached a boarding-house on West Ninth street.
Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Abraham H. Hummel 1887
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They were above anything like a namby-pamby, soft sighing, do-sweetest, kiss-me style of love.
Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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